50. Act naturally
49. Found missing
48. Resident alien
47. Advanced BASIC
46. Genuine imitation
45. Airline Food
44. Good grief
43. Same difference
42. Almost exactly
41. Government organization
40. Sanitary landfill
39. Alone together
38. Legally drunk
37. Silent scream
36. American history
35. Living dead
34. Small crowd
33.Business ethics
32. Soft rock
31. Butt Head
30. Military Intelligence
29. Software documentation
28. New York culture
27. New classic
26. Sweet sorrow
25.Childproof
24. "Now, then ..."
23. Synthetic natural gas
22. Christian Scientists
21. Passive aggression
20. Taped live
19. Clearly misunderstood
18. Peace force
17. Extinct Life
16. Temporary tax increase
15. Computer jock
14. Plastic glasses
13. Terribly pleased
12. Computer security
11. Political science
10. Tight slacks
9. Definite maybe
8. Pretty ugly
7. Twelve-ounce pound cake
6. Diet ice cream
5. Rap music
4. Working vacation
3. Exact estimate
2. Religious tolerance
And the #1,
top OXYMORON . . .
Microsoft Works
:nuts:
my favourites from your list:
Microsoft Works :twisted:
Rap Music :D
Butt Head :o
Soft rock :)
Kudos on:
50, 41, 33, 32, 29, 24 (lol), 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, and 1
my personal favorite oxymoron: common sense
Quote30. Military Intelligence
:lol: ...imho the best
Quote16. Temporary tax increase
:wink:
Rap Music - totally, my favourite of them all :nuts: Then there's "Religious tolerance" :lol:
Fun, this ! My semantic favourites : Act naturally - Almost exactly - New classic - Taped live
In another field : Religious tolerance - Christian Scientists - Military Intelligence - Peace force
(BTW : I didn't know about this 'Oxymoron'. Where does this term comes from ?)
@Sam: It's an English word for a set of contradictory words.
to be exactly, it's greek.... :D
Isn't it latin?
Like Axioma?
It could have been an idiot with only air inside.
According to the Wiki it's greek..
Quote from: "Sam_Zen"It could have been an idiot with only air inside.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
I just recalled, that I maybe did make my own oxymoron. I made up the title for a multi-media art performance in Eindhoven, NL, 1991 :
Zwaar Licht. Translated : "Heavy Light".
i also have one, it's even on my website:
"Earlier News" :D
Owned... lol, I didn't even realize any of them, and we use them all the time. lol, MS.